Cincinnati Bengals' foe a fan of Bearcats' head coach

Steelers' Brown a Butch Jones college protege

8:12 AM,
Oct. 20, 2012

Written by

Joe Reedy
| The Cincinnati Enquirer

Antonio Brown's emergence as one of the more dangerous threats in the AFC last season surprised most people. One of the few who wasn't surprised is Butch Jones.

The University of Cincinnati football coach has five players from his tenure at Central Michigan University who are in the NFL, but the one that he is most proud of is the Steelers receiver.

"One of the proudest moments I had was this past year when I was at a function and (Steelers GM) Kevin Colbert and Mike Tomlin were there," Jones said. "I was sitting down with my wife and Kevin was giving me a thumbs up and talking about what Antonio has ...